List Mgmt. 2019 Trade & Free Agency Thread V2

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I'm struggling to remember a single time "Dougal Howard" was mentioned on this board, prior to becoming a trade rumor, and now some people are carrying on like he's the prodigal son.
How does spending a 2nd/3rd round pick = prodigal son?
  • Not everyone thought Thompson was going to retire
  • No one thought he was available
  • How often do we talk about non-north players? Very rarely unless we are playing them that week, indiscretion, or we are linked to them in some way
Now Thompson is gone, Daw is a relative unknown at this point, Tarrant is 31, and McKay has question marks. Is it really that much of a surprise factoring in all of that and the time of the year? I wouldn't have thought so no.

By that logic, we should only draft the players we've discussed all year. Not in the weeks leading up to the draft.
 

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How does spending a 2nd/3rd round pick = prodigal son?
  • Not everyone thought Thompson was going to retire
  • No one thought he was available
  • How often do we talk about non-north players? Very rarely unless we are playing them that week, indiscretion, or we are linked to them in some way
Now Thompson is gone, Daw is a relative unknown at this point, Tarrant is 31, and McKay has question marks. Is it really that much of a surprise factoring in all of that and the time of the year? I wouldn't have thought so no.

By that logic, we should only draft the players we've discussed all year. Not in the weeks leading up to the draft.


I'm referring to the hype that has lurched out from nowhere.
 
I'm referring to the hype that has lurched out from nowhere.
I think that's overdramatic. It's a chance to plug a hole with a ready-made player. Basically repairing the damage left from Nielson and Watson.

I've read every post (I assume you have to) and all it's been is stock standard "we are linked to him and what will he cost...yep he'd fit well"

No different to the Aaron Hall trade last year except a bit more exciting because of his age profile.
 
I think that's overdramatic. It's a chance to plug a hole with a ready-made player. Basically repairing the damage left from Nielson and Watson.

I've read every post (I assume you have to) and all it's been is stock standard "we are linked to him and what will he cost...yep he'd fit well"

No different to the Aaron Hall trade last year except a bit more exciting because of his age profile.

I'm not knocking him as a player or a trade possibility, it's just the whole hype that seems to emerge once a player gets mentioned in the media in relation with us.

Example: I just put the words "Dougal" and "Howard" in to the search engine under your username, and not a single hit emerges in relation to him prior to the 20th of September 2019.
 
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HUGE year coming up for Mason.
 
I'm not knocking him as a player or a trade possibility, it's just the whole hype that seems to emerge once a player gets mentioned in the media in relation with us.

Example: I just put the words "Dougal" and "Howard" in to the searh engine under your username, and not a single hit emerges in relation to him prior to the 20th of September 2019.

I just hope we haven't confused him with Tom Jonas.
 
I'm struggling to remember a single time "Dougal Howard" was mentioned on this board, prior to becoming a trade rumor, and now some people are carrying on like he's the prodigal son.
The way this thread is going we are about to trade out our 1st rounder for Howard. Who will be the first idiot to mention this idea?
 
The way this thread is going we are about to trade out our 1st rounder for Howard. Who will be the first idiot to mention this idea?


There's always folks around gushing about who they "love" and how we "must" get a certain player.

It's typically supercoach withdrawal symptoms.
 
It’s not like there is much coaching going on at the moment so no reason why he can’t do the list side too plus has 3 new assistants plus 3 dev coaches to assist where need be. After all they are the ones who will end up with whatever is decided now anyway


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